Craptastic!
My sister broke my mp3 CD player, and I'm too cheap to buy an ipod. But I knew I needed something for my road trip; that cassette player just doesn't cut it. I saw the Polaroid Hip Jam mp3 disc player on sale on Overstock.com for $29.99 during a free shipping deal, so I bought it.You get what you pay for, that's true, but to be fair, sometimes fishing out the extra buck won't help you in the craptastic world of electronic devices. I tested out the player once or twice in my car, and it seemed to work decently. The only thing that annoyed me was the unreliable lcd screen.
Friday morning I prepped my car for the LA trip. The player would not turn on. I disconnected the power plug and used batteries instead. The player would not turn on. I changed the batteries. No luck. I screamed, but kept it connected. Once in awhile, I would hit it and scream some more. On the 580, it suddenly turned on and played music. But if I moved the player, it would stop again. It would also jump from song to song without finishing any. Getting it to work properly was harder than finding a fart in a jacuzzi (I've been watching a lot of Red Dwarf lately).
The player actually grew slightly more reliable as the trip progressed, but the buttons were sometimes confused about their own functions. I pressed the "Mode" button to switch to "Random All." At first it switched to another mode, and then it started adjusting the volume, and then it turned itself off again.
Well, I would say stay away, but I am the only one without an ipod, right?
posted by Benni @ 1:45 PM
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3 Comments:
Well you can always get a shuffle for only $99. No lcd and only 512mb of storage space (unless you spend $150 for a gig) but I do actually love mine and use it almost as frequently as my ipod.
512mb is less than 1 mp3 cd. However, I plan on using my laptop, since I bought a car power adapter that has a regular 3-prong outlet. I also plan on using my laptop in law school, since I'll be lugging that thing everywhere. I'll just have to wait for mp3 players to get really, really cheap.
Man...I'm internet-less for a few weeks and I'm all over your blog. To all other blog readers out there, in my defense, I didn't "break" Beanie's player as if I dropped it or sat on it or anything. It was on hold and I pushed the button back and something clicked and then it wouldn't turn on.
your sis
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